“We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.” This quote was said by Benjamin Franklin, who was a crucial person in America’s fight for independence. In the years leading up to the American Revolution, the American colonists were treated very unfairly by Great Britain. They were taxed without any representation in the British Parliament, numerous acts were passed against them, and many American colonists lost their lives to British soldiers. After spending years under the tyrannical rule of King George III, the colonists had finally had enough. It was for these reasons why the American colonists were justified in waging war and breaking away from Britain. One reason why the American colonists were justified in waging
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Arguably the most famous event of this happening is the Boston Massacre. On March 5, 1770, a crowd of Boston boys and men surrounded a group of British soldiers, and began to taunt and curse at them. The Bostonians also threw snowballs at the British soldiers. Order quickly broke down, and the scared British soldiers fired into the crowd. When the shooting was over, several people were dead and many were wounded. After the tragic event, Paul Revere made an engraving that was cycled throughout the thirteen colonies. The engraving shows British soldiers firing into a group of what is presumed innocent Bostonians. This engraving sparked lots of anger within the colonies, as the colonists now saw British soldiers as bloodthirsty, ruthless murderers. Looking back, the engraving was biased to some degree, but the message still was clear. Revere wanted to show the colonists that they should not have to tolerate this kind of treatment from the British soldiers. The Boston Massacre was a major event in American history, which helped expedite the colonists want for independence. (Document …show more content…
A document written by John Dickinson and Thomas Jefferson named “Declaration of the Causes of Necessity of Taking up Arms” was designed to explain and justify the fighting between the colonists and British soldiers at the battle of Lexington and Concord. The document states “We are reduced to the alternative of choosing an unconditional submission to the tyranny of irritated [British officials], or resistance by force. – The latter is our choice.” After the Quartering Acts were instated in the colonies, British soldiers could live in any house in any of the thirteen colonies, and the colonists could not do anything about it. The colonists were tired of living under a constant state of oppression under tyrannical British officials and a tyrannical king. The colonists would rather resist and fight back, than live under those harsh conditions. This wanting of freedom eventually lead to battles like the one at Lexington and Concord, which then lead to the American Revolution, where the colonists eventually broke away from the tyrannical Great Britain. (Document
Arguably the most famous event of this happening is the Boston Massacre. On March 5, 1770, a crowd of Boston boys and men surrounded a group of British soldiers, and began to taunt and curse at them. The Bostonians also threw snowballs at the British soldiers. Order quickly broke down, and the scared British soldiers fired into the crowd. When the shooting was over, several people were dead and many were wounded. After the tragic event, Paul Revere made an engraving that was cycled throughout the thirteen colonies. The engraving shows British soldiers firing into a group of what is presumed innocent Bostonians. This engraving sparked lots of anger within the colonies, as the colonists now saw British soldiers as bloodthirsty, ruthless murderers. Looking back, the engraving was biased to some degree, but the message still was clear. Revere wanted to show the colonists that they should not have to tolerate this kind of treatment from the British soldiers. The Boston Massacre was a major event in American history, which helped expedite the colonists want for independence. (Document …show more content…
A document written by John Dickinson and Thomas Jefferson named “Declaration of the Causes of Necessity of Taking up Arms” was designed to explain and justify the fighting between the colonists and British soldiers at the battle of Lexington and Concord. The document states “We are reduced to the alternative of choosing an unconditional submission to the tyranny of irritated [British officials], or resistance by force. – The latter is our choice.” After the Quartering Acts were instated in the colonies, British soldiers could live in any house in any of the thirteen colonies, and the colonists could not do anything about it. The colonists were tired of living under a constant state of oppression under tyrannical British officials and a tyrannical king. The colonists would rather resist and fight back, than live under those harsh conditions. This wanting of freedom eventually lead to battles like the one at Lexington and Concord, which then lead to the American Revolution, where the colonists eventually broke away from the tyrannical Great Britain. (Document